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Well, except for the part about getting married......... :shocked:
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12-02-2009, 07:33 PM | #12 |
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I think Mr. Geyer has the wisest approach (except for the part about pleading mental incompetence - not sure I want that in the public record when looking for a job, applying for health insurance or running for office!)
I wish I was better at the slowing down and smelling the roses part. I have got about one ticket almost exactly every eighteen months of my driving career, for a total in the neighborhood of 18-20. About half of these were speeding tickets where I was clearly over the limit (more than 10 mph.) The rest were either BS or selective enforcement (like my last one, 75 mph on Interstate 15.) For thirty years I managed to time it so that I got a ticket just after the 18 month window for going to traffic school and, yes, I've been to traffic school about 18 times (three times on line!) I never went to court, even on the ones I thought were given in error, unfairly, or maliciously. My understanding is, if the cop shows up and says you are guilty, you are guilty. People out here do get tickets dismissed because the officer does not make it to court, but, even on the ones I thought I was "100% not guilty" I didn't want to risk losing anyway so I went with traffic school. My luck ran out last February on the I-15 when I missed the cutoff by about two months, so I got the point (but at least I didn't have to do traffic school.) I did get an e-mail reminder about 60 days later from gototrafficschool.com that I was once again eligible. I switched my insurance from AllState to AAA. Allstate basically told me (well my wife, actually) to go eff myself after collecting nearly thirty years of premiums without a single accident claim. I guess customer loyalty only goes in one direction anymore. Since getting the point I have resigned myself to no more than 5-9 miles over the posted limit even though it often means everyone else is swerving around me in frustration.
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12-03-2009, 12:23 AM | #13 |
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According to John Tesh, yeah sometimes I listen to John Tesh, the best chance you've got to beat a speeding ticket is to call the clerks office and get your hearing date rescheduled. The reasoning is this, the cop who wrote your ticket schedules all his tickets for the same general time so he won't have to make multiple trips to court each week. If you can get the date changed for your ticket to another day, chances are fairly good that the cop won't make a special trip to the courthouse just for one traffic violation and without a witness (the cop) to say you are guilty, you get off! Might be worth a try.
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I've heard similar advice. Between jury duty, the State Board of Equalization, the IRS, the DMV, and (in-person) traffic school, I have developed a strong aversion to any contact with any government officials. I guess if my points go up any more I will change my tune and explore the options.
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Thanks for suggestions - I got the ticket from a real cop. We do have those mechanical tickets on intersections but those are simply to stop people from running the red/yellow light. That is $50 and simply pay and forget. In this case I just came out my community where we also have a STOP sign and it is single lane road. Less than a mile from that STOP sign I saw a cop behind me with flashing lights. He told me I did not stop at the STOP sign and I as 42 on 25. I told him I did make a stop for a short while and I have clean history so let me go with warning or reduce but he did not. He just gave a warning for STOP sign.
I am thinking of going to the Court house before my date and asking for alternatives. I am damn sure it was not 42, 35 or 38 would be reasonable. I do care for speed there because of neighborhood, school and cops (at this place they hide and sneak). I have received letters from local lawyers that they can help. I will talk to some and if they take just $100 for fixing this its good otherwise I will try on my own or pray for justice as it is my first violation.
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ER has a point. IF you aren't absolutely positive then you probably were going that fast. A lot of us will ride at a speed that feels right but is actually over the limit. Also, the posted limit is the maximum allowed under ideal conditions.
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